mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion Queue wake, stop, and disable paths walk local->interfaces under RCU. The bulk hardware teardown path removes entries with list_del(), so an asynchronous transmit completion can follow a poisoned list node in ieee802154_wake_queue(). Use list_del_rcu() as in the single-interface removal path. The following unregister_netdevice() waits for in-flight RCU readers before freeing the netdevice, so no separate grace-period wait is needed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72024
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-25w8-qg97-7fjr
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72ac5af9ad09662bd0ea91cb8845d490c8ef9c01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2039f27b1a0c997137a5de7f8a3cee0e80fbf952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf231f459b542414629b64f63d5cad6701bd07c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b91e5248dd7af09b500879a46d22a36b60db3a57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c031b75218b3ba3014a0f6b9849888994528d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77caf2d6eba7cb94a7ecd7b369a5974fd7d7c054
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8b5b66388a51febe4b8505b0ecd9da15b4ba639
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539dfcf69105d8d3d4d677b71de6e5ede2e6dfa0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72024 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72024 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-25w8-qg97-7fjr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72024 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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